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Pentecost takes place on Sunday, May 19 in 2024 for Christians who observe the Julian calendar. Eastern Orthodox and other Christians who follow the Gregorian calendar will celebrate Pentecost on ...
The earliest possible date is May 10 (as in 1818 and 2285). The latest possible date is June 13 (as in 1943 and 2038). The day of Pentecost is seven weeks after Easter Sunday: that is to say, the fiftieth day after Easter inclusive of Easter Sunday. [98] Pentecost may also refer to the 50 days from Easter to Pentecost Sunday inclusive of both. [99]
Pentecost Sunday takes place on May 19 in 2024—seven weeks after Easter. For Orthodox Christians (and others who follow the Gregorian calendar), Pentecost will be observed on Sunday, June 23 ...
Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used in Britain, [1] and other countries among Anglicans and Methodists, [2] for the Christian holy day of Pentecost. It falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter and commemorates the descent of the Spirit of Truth upon Christ's disciples (as described in Acts 2 ).
The Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church does not include a Pentecost season. Pentecost is considered the last day of the Easter season, and is followed by Ordinary Time. Traditionalist Catholicism has an eight-day Octave of Pentecost, followed by Sundays after Pentecost that continue through to the end of the liturgical year.
The Sunday of Pentecost is called "Trinity Sunday," the next day is called "Monday of the Holy Spirit", and Tuesday of Pentecost week is called the "Third Day of the Trinity." [ 14 ] The whole week following Pentecost is an important ecclesiastical feast, and is a fast-free week , during which meat and dairy products may be eaten, even on ...
Veneration of the Cross — third Sunday of Great Lent; Antipascha: Saint Thomas Sunday — Second Sunday of Easter; Mid-Pentecost — the 25th day of Easter (the midpoint between the Easter and Pentecost) Whit Monday — (Moveable feast) Commemoration of the Apparition of the Holyrood at Godenovo — 29 May
Friday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – solemnity b; Saturday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost: The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary – memorial c ^a The title Doctor of the Church was conferred on Saint Irenaeus by Pope Francis on 21 January 2022. [17]